South Carolina permanently removes the Confederate battle flag from State House grounds

Student Chumani Maxwele protested at the Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town, helping initiate the Rhodes Must Fall campaign. Students connected the colonial monument to wider...

The Cecil Rhodes statue was removed from its prominent campus position after a month of mobilization. Rhodes Must Fall supporters treated the removal as part of a larger struggle over institutional...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Calls to Action at its closing event. They addressed residential-school legacies and reforms across education, justice, health and other...

A white supremacist gunman killed nine Black worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. The attack targeted a historic Black religious institution and intensified demands...

Bree Newsome climbed the flagpole on South Carolina's State House grounds and removed the Confederate flag. The action followed the Charleston church massacre and was organized with fellow...

Black women gathered in Brasília for the Marcha das Mulheres Negras against racism and violence and for bem viver. Their mobilization connected racial justice with gender, bodily safety and collective...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report on the residential-school system. The Canadian Human Rights Commission honoured survivors and urged implementation of the Calls to...

Lenca organizer Berta Cáceres was killed in her home during the night of 2–3 March. COPINH dates the attack to 2 March. Her opposition to the Agua Zarca project connected Indigenous territorial rights...

A horse ride and caravan marked the opening of Sacred Stone Camp on land offered by LaDonna Brave Bull Allard. The camp became a centre of Indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Water...

The Movement for Black Lives released A Vision for Black Lives, developed by a coalition of Black-led organizations. Its agenda extended beyond police misconduct to economic justice, reparations and...